HR Rockstar / Director

Who We Are

HR Rockstars was set up to create opportunities for Senior HR professionals in pursuit of a true work-life balance.

About Us

We are all informal communicators; we appreciate straight talking and value frank conversations with our clients. We invest time into understanding you, the organisation and your culture. We believe our job is to clear the way so your exposure to risk is reduced and you can get on with the job you want to be doing.

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Mediation

Mediation is magic when trying to resolve conflict in the workplace. It defuses anger, reinforces adult communication and teaches individuals empathy and understanding. Mediation usually takes 1 day and prevents lengthy grievance investigations which are a drain of resources and time.

Disciplinary and Grievances

Relationships between people can break down in any environment, and the workplace is no different. Clashes in personality, poor communication, bullying, discrimination and harassment can create a significant risk to your business and can be a significant drain on your time. We can guide you step by step, or manage any grievance or disciplinary action that may arise.

Performance Management

Employment Law Updates

Employment law changes all the time as we see various cases through our Tribunal courts. As legislation changes, we keep you informed, we update your policies and help you to make sure that you comply.

Benefits

The rewards that your people value and what motivates them are more than purely financial – typically one third of employees would move to a different company to work in a better environment. Reward is an area that can really reinforce the Values and Culture of your organisations.

What Clients Say About Us

As a fast growing startup, it was important to us to quickly establish our people priorities and HR Rockstars helped us identify them. Jo has been with us as we grow, develop our culture and our people. In urgent times, Jo responds quickly and guides us through step by step making us feel at ease. We would recommend to any startup to engage with HR Rockstars and to put people and culture on the top of their list.

Emily Forbes

Founder at Seenit

I had the benefit of working with Jo on a particularly complex case. She proved her value in so many ways. She provided excellent guidance throughout and challenged my thinking when necessary. She proved to be a great mentor and a calming presence when the going got tough. Throughout Jo was completely professional and a pleasure to work with.

Clive Nancarrow

Trustee, Influential Animal Charity

We are really lucky to be supported by Jo at HR Rockstars. Jo has been calm, patient and brought order and clarity to our Human Resource Management; relieving pressure from our people, allowing them to focus on our mission to end cruelty to animals. Jo listens carefully and has understood what we need and I hear nothing but positive feedback from the team. We are delighted to have HR Rockstars supporting us and would highly recommend them to anyone.

Rachel Newman

Former CEO, Influential Animal Charity

It is said that if you want to get a job done, give it to a busy person — Jo is that person. Despite being pulled in multiple directions, Jo is never flustered, always approachable, open and dependable, never dropping the ball, and, using her soft skills to great effect, demanding the same of those she interacts with. Moreover, not satisfied with just carrying on the day to day asks of her, as an experienced HR professional Jo continually looks for opportunities to make the HR function more scalable in general through improvements to internal processes. Jo’s role as HR Business Partner to the Technology function has helped that team to literally change up a gear with its recruitment and on-boarding process. Specifically, Jo has been a massive help to me in recruiting a new team from scratch and has delivered fully across a broad spectrum of HR responsibilities in that regard. At interview Jo’s contribution was priceless in surfacing issues that would have otherwise gone undetected. Jo is a great communicator at all levels of the business and is also very comfortable speaking with authority to the whole company on behalf of the HR team during all-staff meetings. Jo’s good mix of professionalism and sense of humour make her an absolute joy to work with, she is liked by all who come into contact with her. I count her as a valued professional colleague and trusted friend. If you have the chance of working with her don’t miss it.

Karl Skidmore

Independent Internet Consultant

As a multicultural international business we have always tried to focus on best practice and avoiding issues before they occur. HR Rock stars has enabled us to support our staff and cover a host of needs that we never could have provided within budget without their help.

Sandrijn Stead

Founder and CEO CVT The Excellence Company

I’ve been working with HR Rockstars for nearly a year now and I can honestly say the stress of running my own business and my people has decreased tenfold. I know I can call them with any question however basic or complex, they map out the process clearly offering me support and guidance all the way.

Alexander Faiers

Founding Director, Addictivity

My team and I have been working with Jo on an aggressive and successful recruitment strategy over the last 18 months delivering over 10 new Software Developers and team members into her team. Jo’s collaborative style was refreshing and contributed to our understanding of the tasks to achieve and the speed at which we were able to deliver results. I’ve always found Jo to be open and honest, very clear on her requirements and knowledgeable in the world of Technology and recruitment processes. She understands her clients’ culture and provided great insight into the cultural ‘fit’ of her organisation which ensured that the hiring process was efficient from all stakeholders perspectives.

When things go wrong, Jo’s interventions positively contributed to resolving issues and brought potentially negative experiences round to a positive conclusion. I am more than happy to recommend Jo and HR Rockstars.

Kevin Riley

Former Client Services Manager, Evolution

Contact Details

Windsor House Cornwall RoadHarrogate HG1 2PW

hello@hrrockstars.co.uk

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Inside the Company

We provide a full spectrum of people and culture services, from basic HR processes and procedures through to making sure that your people are living your values and doing the best job they can. We are informal communicators and we invest in building long term authentic relationships with out clients.